SK Inc stock keeps CEO as SK Group reshapes leadership

Published on 11/01/2026 at 00:56 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

SK Inc stock keeps CEO Jang Yong-ho as SK Group reshapes leadership. Kim Sun-hyeok will lead execution of portfolio and operational priorities.

Leadership reshuffle keeps strategic focus

SK Inc. retained CEO Jang Yong-ho as the group advances portfolio management and financial strategy.
Kim Sun-hyeok will support operational improvements across affiliates and help shape growth plans in artificial intelligence, semiconductors and energy solutions.
The wider SK Group is combining continuity at major affiliates with leadership changes in energy and strategic functions.

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SK Group is retaining Jang Yong-ho as CEO of SK Inc. while promoting Kim Sun-hyeok to president, combining management continuity with a reshuffle of strategic and operational responsibilities. The appointments were announced on Friday, October 30, 2026, and reported by Chosun.com on Saturday.

Continuity at the holding company

Jang will focus on portfolio management and financial strategy at SK Inc. after giving up his concurrent role as co-CEO of SK Innovation. The move leaves the holding company with a clearer focus on group-level capital allocation and business restructuring.

Kim, formerly head of SKC's strategy division and a leader of the SK Inc. Value Task Force, was promoted to support operational improvements across affiliates. SK Group plans to build on three years of portfolio rebalancing with a growth strategy centered on artificial intelligence, semiconductors and energy solutions.

Energy leadership also changes

Cheong Seung-il and Kang Dong-su, both presidents of SK Inc., were appointed co-CEOs of SK Innovation. Cheong brings experience from Korea Gas Corporation and Korea Electric Power Corporation, while Kang will also serve as CEO of SK Energy.

The wider reshuffle retains several major affiliate leaders while changing senior roles in energy, chemicals and group strategy. SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung was retained, and the group said the appointments are intended to strengthen competitiveness, technology development and corporate value.

SK Inc. business and market position

SK Inc. is the Seoul-based holding company of SK Group, with operations spanning energy, chemicals, information technology, telecommunications, biopharmaceuticals, transportation solutions, advanced materials, logistics and services. Its role is to coordinate a diversified portfolio rather than focus on a single operating market. The latest appointments place portfolio oversight and execution discipline at the center of its next phase of development.